Word: portrayal
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...bloc nations. Western strategists have nervously watched that historic invasion corridor for four decades, knowing it is where a Soviet assault might come. "Gorbachev offers not just words but deeds," contended John Steinbruner, director of foreign policy studies at Washington's Brookings Institution. "It is now even harder to portray the Soviets as striving for the capability for a quick thrust into Europe...
...networks produced the announcements with recent research by Saatchi & Saatchi DFS Compton, an ad agency, in mind. Saatchi & Saatchi's pro bono work for the Project found that young adults often view the designated driver as a "repressive parental figure." Saatchi & Saatchi suggested that the networks portray the driver as "cool...a guy who can party down," says Dr. William DeJong, director of research for Harvard's Center for Health Communication...
...response, Graham has tried to portray Thompson, a truant officer with a long recond of community activism but no experience in elected office, as a friend of developers and an opponent of rent-control and affordable housing...
Squier said that while the character of both candidates was fairly unknown, Bush defined himself as gentle and kind. But in a reference to cartoonist Garry Trudeau's attacks, Squier said Bush showed "his evil twin Skippy" when he got the chance to portray Dukakis as weak and unpatriotic...
...actors, many of whom are not Harvard undergraduates, deliver inconsistent performances. Still, some of them, especially the pivotal D'Alessandris, successfully convey their characters' complexities. Few actors these days are willing to portray gay characters, so this troupe deserves commendation for its courage alone...